Japan coin dating calendar

Special readings are for the following days: 1日 tsuitachi – first 2日 futsuka – second 3日 mikka – third 4日 yokka – forth 5日 itsuka – fifth 6日 muika – sixth 7日 nanoka – seventh 8日 youka – eighth 9日 kokonoka – nineth 10日 tooka – tenth from 11日 (juichi nichi) “nichi” is used. The Japanese traditional calendar, in English, referred to the “imperial calendar”, is connected to the Japanese era name. The current era is “heisei” (平成) which started in 1989.Mostly used in formal situations (like wedding invitations, celebrations, postal stamps etc.) and by the government for official papers. Oriental coins generally were not dated until the 19th or 20th century.However some mints made minor differences in the style of the characters on Cash coins, which allowed the coins to be dated to the exact year they were made even though they did not carry a visible date.Like all the other coins with values of 1 yen or higher, the first 10 yen coin was composed of .900 fine gold.

The mass of the coin was reduced to half of its original, having been 8.333 grams, and the diameter was lowered to 21.21 millimeters.The Japanese year is written with the name of the reigning Emperor followed by the year of his reign and the kanji character for "year" (nen).For example, 2005 is Heisei 17, and can be written in Japanese as .These two Hansatsu notes were issued by the Hyogo Amagasaki-han clan in about 1777.The clan controlled the region around Amagasaski castle in what was then Settsu Prefecture, which is located near Osaka. Their castle was located near where two rivers flowed into the ocean and was connected to the river by a moat.